2021 Indiana Code
Title 15. Agriculture and Animals
Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products
Chapter 4. Personnel
15-17-4-12. Prohibited Fees; Private Practice
Sec. 12. (a) An employee may not receive or collect any fee or other payment for any services provided as an employee.
(b) To learn professional skills and become familiar with new developments in the field of veterinary medicine, the state veterinarian or other veterinarians employed by the board may, in an individual capacity as a licensed veterinarian but not in an official capacity as a board employee, engage in the private practice of veterinary medicine if the private practice of veterinary medicine does not interfere with the employee's performance of duties as an employee of the board or does not violate state laws governing ethics and conflicts of interest.
(c) The board may impose conditions or restrictions on the practice of veterinary medicine by the board's employees to facilitate the performance of board duties and compliance with state ethics laws.
(d) The state is not liable for any act performed by the state veterinarian or a board employee performed in the private practice of veterinary medicine.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-4-12.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
